Chapter 82 Vampires Can't Do That

• Octavia didn't get the answer she desired because Asher chose the wrong time to disappear. She was anxious and, if she was honest, a bit afraid. Afraid that she wouldn't see him again, that perhaps he had realized Via wasn't worth his pursuit. Maybe he had moved on to someone else—someone prettier and with a better personality.
• "I bet you'll see him again if you come on the trip. It will be fun," Jess chipped in. Sometimes, behind the thick wall of wildness and lust, she was actually the observant and supportive friend Via needed.
• "I don't know, Jess. I doubt my parents would just let me go off to Italy. You know how paranoid Dad is—he hardly lets me out of the house."